The Apache CXF team is proud to announce the availability of the 2.4.0=20
release.
Apache CXF is an open source services framework. CXF helps you build and=20
develop services using frontend programming APIs like JAX-WS and JAX-RS.=20
These services can speak a variety of protocols such as SOAP, XML/HTTP,=20
RESTful HTTP, or CORBA and work over a variety of transports such as=20
HTTP, JMS or JBI.=20
CXF includes a broad feature set, but it is primarily focused on the follow=
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* Web Services Standards Support: CXF supports a variety of web service=20
standards including SOAP, the WSI Basic Profile, WSDL, WS-Addressing,=20
WS-Policy, WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Security, WS-SecurityPolicy,
WS-Trust, and WS-SecureConversation.=20
* REST based service creation based on JAX-RS 1.1 standard API's.
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* Frontends: CXF supports a variety of "frontend" programming models. CXF =
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provides a JAX-WS 2.2 Compliant frontend. It also includes a "simple=20
frontend" which allows creation of clients and endpoints without annotation=
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CXF supports both contract first development with WSDL and code first=20
development starting from Java.
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* Ease of use: CXF is designed to be intuitive and easy to use. There are=
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simple APIs to quickly build code-first services, Maven plug-ins to make=20
tooling integration easy, JAX-WS API support, Spring XML support to make=20
configuration a snap, and much more.
What's new in CXF 2.4.0:
* WS-Security improvements including support for SAML2 tokens, improved=20
validation of security tokens, better performance, increased WS-I Basic=20
Security Profile compliance, and much more.
* JiBX databinding=20
* Transformation feature provides for a fast and effective way to transform=
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inbound and/or outbound XML messages for JAX-RS.
* LogBrowser console for viewing the CXF logs
* Enhanced OSGi support including initial Apache Aries Blueprint support an=
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an Apache Karaf features file to make installing in OSGi easier.
* Much faster startup and reduced memory footprint along with easier=20
configuration and embedability.
See the 2.4 Migration guide at:
http://cxf.apache.org/docs/24-migration-guide.html
for more details about the release and the new features.
As always, we welcome feedback on our mailing lists:
http://cxf.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
Downloads are available from:
http://cxf.apache.org/download.html
Thanks!
The Apache CXF Team=20
http://cxf.apache.org/
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Daniel Kulp
dkulp@apache.org
http://dankulp.com/blog
Talend - http://www.talend.com
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